Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-22

soers of the weaker sex, were gathered there
a look of gloom, of fear was in their faces.
Nl epidemic of fever had broken OUT Ill inc
We Tho children ana oio people were
ny ms. some Oh surrey peS' PuPiS "cio
Gown with it. Being so wholly taken up
with her own griefs, Shirley had not heard
of it.
For, something unusual, Deacon durham
vas i'll the throng. Moreover he was talking,
and that cNcitedly. lie was IN MS shirt
sleeves has skeleton arms waving 10 ana ITO,
ais thin, gray locks shaking with excltemenJ
as he tailed There was the CLEAN OF 1anati-
ism In his eye.
The wrath OF the LORD Is upon bihWoou'
shirley heard him say. rms sickness Is
1ndgmcnt upon the people Tor their SINS. Inc
children walk IN the ways OF the ungodly'
"hey GO swimming III waters on the SauDath
stay. Inc women are nsopedleh1 10 tnel,
husbands, setting themselves up on the level
a. men lhey AZURE themselves III gay ap-
.l'rei, not conducive to the glory OF God, yea,
wearing bonnetS with flowers III 'hehi'
whereas SIN came INTO the world by wo-
e6an, therefore Is the anger oil the LORD XIII
1led against thls town lhese presulhpOuous
FsniSlC' nave brought prolaie iisCi uiilciiO
OF music INTO the Sapbath SCHOOL
ills eye lei on Shlrlcy. Inc crown Pitiue
SllGntly' 1olhtihS MS SKINNY ihsoi "o NO
ene deacon continued HIS ieice ooi'"u'i"
&lon'
"Yca, following the lead oil godicSS lefnaie
teachers, they have set up the scandalous
practice OF pralSlng the LORD WIN nuuies
the Almighty VIII not holu Vhein guliuiess
4 suffer not a woman TO teach' lhls people
nave departed from the straight way. lnere-
1ore IS the sword OF the Lord against .hein
Therefore visit them Win uhe pestiehce
2hat wallieth IN darkness, Satin the horu.
WOOL woe! woe! to Sodom ana conorIan!
"Oh, bother! Deacon Durham, SAID Snlr-
4ey' "that S nonsense. lhere Is hot a worn III
she blpie against praislhg Cne horu WIN nu-
''reS ana US W "'si'i,e III M'',ols - .no
Vi 'iS ,o"ii oiu 10 d VI nH'
o'ey "o''iu pe oe''ei OIL anu nea',nie.'
Lora never said female shouiu io' 'es'on'
@i'noi' was d man s''',' ''i.''
dsree WIN you .haO tne All''s"'S mas .o. ~.
Pe9Uiici''e ." i"i,"oou lou alo lI '. e",
1ilS "'a'h IS klii'ieo aBa'lSV ,iiiS Puopo I ru
Inch SiiS' uulS enough ho 10 '''',iie ~
"iaOh uP'.' 'iici'i oeCau9o ''eJ "'o '''~y ''
5ioVoilly' l''"A az 'iia' oo'''''''.' U"O '"'o
10 10 o'Stef Oh 'ne lace u d CIV iiiNoO' coi'i
MUMMY lha1S where ohe lever colies ii ION
Hosuly' IT. mas ruined nearly every uaJ 'n,'
1t has brought disease and death upon its
wings from that foul, reeking pond over
shere, Look at these nasty puddles in front
Of your very doors! Look at these masses of
rank, rotten weeds. Two hours work week
from each gentleman who spends so much
leisure time in the grocery would change this
dirty, polley, little town into garden of
Eden. But they don't give it. They let the
common lie fostering in the sun, month after
month. bringing fever and sickness This is
why the wrath of the Almighty is kindled
against them. and not because a Door little
woman wears flower in her bonnet. IL it
likely the Creator of the universe would be in
such small business as that2"
mo, bv thunderl" exclaimed Jim Sweet.
Then Shirley got her doctor and her medi-
Zines and went home. The sickness ragged in
earnest. 1t took off Hurhie Carter and Katy
Tringle. Mis- Simpkins was left a widow.
The gossips said her husband was lust too law
TO fight the fever. and so gave w and died.